Jar-holder.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905 0. COOPER.

JAB. HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED 001'. 29, 1903.

Inventor Otis angle/" Witnesses Attorney- WE STAT Patented February 28, 1905.

OTITIS COOPER, OF MANCHESTER, ILLINOIS.

dAF-t-"MQHDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 783,618, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed October 29, 1903. Serial No. 179,086-

To (all whom it 'ntrr/y concern:

Be it known that I, O'rrs Uoornn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Scott and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improve ments in Jar-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it aprmrtains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to iimn'ovements in devices for holding jars and the like while their covers or closures are being applied or removed.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction, durable in use, very effective for the purpose intended, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of cm'istruction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved jar-hohler. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the drawings the numeral 1 denotes a base or bottom of such size and shape as that of the bottom of the jar, bottle, or other container which is placed upon it. As shown, it is circular and adapted to receive the ordinary cylimlrical fruit-jar. Secured around the edge or periphery of said base at suitable intervals by screws or other suitable fastening means 2. are vertically-projecting clamping bars or fingers 3, which are adapted to engage the outside of the jar which rests upon the base 1. Said clamping-bars are further seem-ed and held upon the base by a band or ring 4, which surrounds the bars and base, and is secured to the periphery of the base between said bars by nails, screws, or other fastening means Owing to this manner of connecting the lower ends of the clamping-bars to the base the bars will have a slight pivotal movement in planes tangent to the periphery of the base in order that they may be more el'li'ectively adjusted upon the jar to be hold. A flexible band ('3, n'eferably of metal, surrounds and connects said clamping-bars, said band being secured to each bar adjacent to its upper end, asat 7. To the ends of said band, which are brought together at one of the spaces between two of the clamping-bars, are attached handles 8, which may be secured either by fastening the ends of the bands directly to the handles or by riveting said ends to plates 9, which are screwed to the handles, as shown in the drawings. The handles maybe of any desired form, but are preferably coacting half sections, as shown, being formed by cutting an Oltlll'lttlfy' tool-handle longitudinally into halves.

IV hen the flat faces 10 of the handles to which the plates 9 are secured are brought together, the flexible clamping-halal 6 will draw the clan1ping-bars into engagement with the outside of the jar or the like upon the base 1 and effectively hold the same. In order to increase the clamping power of said bars and to overcome the liability of breaking the jar by the application of too much pressure, I provide the inner face of each of the clamping-bars with a cushion 11 in the form of a narrow longitudinal strip of rubber or any other suitable material. 4

The use and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. The jar, bottle, or the like to be held is placed upon the base i within the clamping-bars 2, and the handles 8 are then grasped and drawn together to cause the band (3 to force the bars 2 into engagemcnt with the jar to effectively hold the same while its screw cap or cover is being applied or removed.

It will be understood that the device may be made in various sizes to receive (.lill'erentsize jars and also in various shapes to adapt the same for use upon unusual-shaped containers. curved to conform to the shape of the side of the jar or they may be resilient or flexible, and thus adapt themselves to thejar. Various other changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be If so desired, the clampingbars may be at right angles to said pivots, and a flexible annular band on the outer side of the said I5 clamping-bars, near their upper ends, pivotally connected thereto, open at one side and having handles at its ends.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 2 nesses.

OTIS COOPER.

lrVitnesses:

A. H. HnA'roN, L. L. BRODLEY. 

